The book tells about the extraordinary stories of the appearance and distribution of seemingly ordinary plants. Did you know that the pursuit of black pepper led to the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and helped make the first trip around the world? What does "manna from heaven" really exist? How did the spruce become a Christmas tree? That the potatoes so beloved in our country caused real uprisings - the peasants did not want to grow them? Informative and fascinating stories are illustrated in detail and accurately by watercolors by the artist Karina Solovieva. And at the end of the readers waiting for a surprise - the alphabet of records and curiosities in the world of plants.